বাঙ্গালী

Bengali

Etymology

Compound of বাঙ্গালা (baṅgala) +‎ -ঈ (-i).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /baŋɡali/, [ˈbaŋɡaliˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /baŋɡali/, [ˈbaŋɡaliˑ]

Noun

বাঙ্গালী • (baṅgali) (objective বাঙ্গালী (baṅgali) or বাঙ্গালীকে (baṅgalike), genitive বাঙ্গালীর (baṅgalir), locative বাঙ্গালীতে (baṅgalite))

  1. Bangladeshi
  2. Bengali people.
  3. (obsolete) Any native inhabitant of Bengal Sultanate.
  4. (obsolete) Any inhabitant of Suba Bangalah.

Antonyms

  • অবাঙ্গালী (obaṅgali, “non-Bengali”)

Descendants

  • → Burmese: ဘင်္ဂါလီ (bhanggali)

References

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